Bath-tub or bathing apparatus.



' No. 674,704. Patented May 2|, |90I.

T. MABBITT.4 BATH TUB 0H BATH'ING APPARATUS.

(Application filed Aug. a, 1900.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT Enron.

TRUMAN MABBITT, OF VINELAND, NEW JERSEY.

BATH-TUB OR BATHING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 674,704, dated-May 21,1901.

Application filed August 8, 1900.

To all whom, it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, TRUMAN MABBITT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vineland, county of Cumberland, State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in a Bath-Tub or`BathingApparatus, which improvement is fully set forth in the follow-l ingspecification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of an improvement in a bath-tub or bathingapparatus which may be converted into a cabinet and heated by means forproducing the effect of an ordinary water or sponge bath or air, vapor,medicated, electric, Turkish, Russian, or other bath, the constructionof the same being hereinafter described, and the novel features pointedoutin the claims that follow the speciiication. Y

Figure 1 represents a vertical section of a bathing apparatus embodying'my invention, the same being taken on line a; Qc, Fig. 2. Fig; 2represents a top or plan view thereof. Fig. 3 represents a section of adetached portion, on an enlarged scale, on line yy, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a bath-tub, within which is theseat B, the same being elevated above the bottom of the tub, j

forming the chamber C for the reception of a heating medium, in thepresent case that of aV gas burner or stove, to which, however, I do notlimit myself.

D designates a due which extends forward from the chamberC and is incommunication therewith and provided with a discharge-pipe or chimney E,whereby the products of combustion are directed from the chamber C intothe flue D and discharged through said chimney E. The chimneyE riseswithin the tub, so that its heat may be communicated to the fluid withinthe latter, whereby a small heating device, such as a gas-burner, may beused, and provision is thus made for a long heating-surface, theproducts of combustion escaping from said chimney through an opening Ein the wall of the tub.

It will be seen that the chamber C may be heated and the heatVcommunicated to the water in the tub. The bather may occupy the seat Band his limbs straddle the flue D and occupy the channels or spaces Falong- Serial No. 26,237. (No model.)

side of the same, and he may subject himself to baths determined upon bythe change of fluids in the tub or the omission of the iiuids for thepurpose of a hot-air bath, or by cutting off the heat take a cold-airhath, it being evident that when heat is employed the burner, stove,lamp, the., may be regulated by the bather. It is also evident that thetub maybe heated from within the same by means of a vapor, electric, orother lamp, and other forms of baths may readily suggest themselves.

The bottom G is formed of Wood for stiffening and strengtheningpurposes, and has a pipe H connected with the discharge-outlet H in thebottom, one limb of said pipe projecting outside of the wall of the tub,

where it is provided with a coupling .I for connection of a flexiblepipe K, whereby the contents of the tub may be discharged, said pipewhen the tub is in use being hung 0n the staple or ring L on the tub, sothat it is elevated sufficiently to prevent the water or fluid fromescaping.

A space D exists between the Elue D and the wall of the tub below thechimney E, the same forming a passage, which intersects said iiue topermit the circulation of the water or fluid from side to side of thetub.

In order to inclose the top of the tub, after the order of a cabinet, lemploy the frame M of skeleton or open form, the upright members ofwhich are fitted in eyes N on the wall of the tub, said eyes beingprovided with setscrews P, whereby the frame may be vertically adjusted.A blanket or canopy Q, of suitable fabric or material, is supported onsaid frame and forms a cover for the top of the tub, so that theoccupa-nt may be enveloped in the heat, vapor, dto., in the tub withoutloss of the same. The opening E' in the wall of the tub is in the sidethereof,whereby the products of combustion cannot enter said canopy. Thehead of the occupant may protrude upwardly through the canopy or coverfor breathing purposes; but if it is desired to include the head belowthe top of the canopy an air-pipe may be employed, the same passingthrough the canopy to the atmosphere and reaching to the mouth of theoccupant.

When the canopy is employed, the occupant may stand on the ioor G orrest on the IOO seat B or an elevated seat supported on the v top of thetub, as. shown in dotted lines, Fig.

1. The discharge-opening E of the chimney E extends laterally from theupper end of the body of said chimney and through the wall of the tuband so opens to the atmosphere below the top of the tub and below thebottom terminal of said canopy, whereby the products of combustion donot enter said canopy.

Various changes in the manner of using and manipulating the apparatuswill suggest themselves without departing from the spirit of theimprovement, it being evident that the apparatus is portable or may bemade stationary and is of an inexpensive and noncomplicated nature.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with a tub of a bathing apparatus substantially ofthe character stated, of a flue, a heating-chamber at one end of saidflue, and a chimney at the other end thereof, said chimney rising withinsaid tub and having a laterallyextending discharge-opening, a canopy onsaid tub, and means on the tub for sustaining said canopy, said chimneyhaving a discharge -opening which extends laterally from the upper endof the body of the chimney through the wall of the tub below the top ofsaid tub and the bottom of said canopy.

2. The combination with a tub of a bathing apparatus substantially ofthe character stated, ofa heating-chamber, a seat in the tubconstituting the top of said chamber, a

flue extending horizontallyV forward from said chamber, a chimney at thedischarge end of said flue, and channels on the sides of said iueextending forwardly from the inner vertical walls of saidheating-chamber to the opposite end of the tub.

3. The combination with a tub of a bathing apparatus substantially ofthe character stated, of a heating-chamber, a seat in the tubconstituting the top of said chamber, a flue extending horizontallyforward from said chamber, a chimney at the discharge end of said flue,channels on the sides of said ue extending forwardly from the innervertical walls of said heating-chamber to the opposite end of the tub,and a transverse passage leading from channel to channel andintersecting said iiue.

4. A tub of a bathing apparatus substantially of the character stated,in combination .with a heating-chamber at one end of said Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. CANER WIEDERSHEIM.

